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Media Watch (Feb. 19 – 26, 2007)
Posted 2/27/2007
"Media Watch" is a round-up of recent stories in the media about the University of Hartford, as well as significant stories about other local and peer institutions and news about trends and issues in higher education.
University of Hartford Provost Donna M. Randall was named the new president of Albion College in Albion, Mich., effective July 1. Randall has been the chief academic officer at Hartford for the past seven years and will be the first woman to head Albion, a private, liberal arts college. President Walter Harrison says the appointment “is, in part, a reflection of Donna’s many significant achievements…as provost here.” A number of media outlets in the Michigan area covered Randall’s appointment, as well as the Hartford Courant.
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 24; Lansing State Journal, Feb. 24; Jackson Citizen, Feb. 24; Battle Creek Enquirer, Feb. 24; and DetNews.com, Feb. 23)
Ethel Bacon, long-time archivist at the University, was profiled in the Hartford Courant as part of its coverage of the University’s 50th anniversary. The article highlighted Bacon, who has been with the University of Hartford since its beginning, as she reflected on the past triumphs and struggles of the institution. The University’s Founders’ Day celebration was also covered by local television stations.
( Hartford Courant, Feb. 21; WFSB-TV Channel 3, Feb. 21; Fox 61, Feb. 21)
The “Day in the Life” photo exhibit’s unveiling was previewed in the Hartford Courant. President Walter Harrison said, “The hundreds of University students -- along with faculty and staff -- who took part in this project did an amazing job capturing a ‘Day in the Life’ of this dynamic institution.” A photo from the unveiling, which featured University cheerleaders, was on the front page of the “Connecticut” section the next day.
(Hartford Courant, Feb., 20 and 21)
Darryl McMiller, associate professor of political science in Hillyer College, was quoted in a New York Times article about politicians from Connecticut and their ability to gain national exposure for a campaign for higher office. “You got a lot of money, and well connected people here,” McMiller said, adding that “If you look at the zip codes as to who makes contributions, the Gold Coast is way up there.”
(New York Times, Feb.25)
Amanda Pawlik, a senior majoring in English literature at the University, was a guest on WNPR’s “Where We Live” show for a discussion of the groundbreaking nature of The Vagina Monologues play by Eve Ensler. Pawlik was one of the directors of Dramatis Personae’s performance of the work this past weekend at the University.
(WNPR-FM, Feb. 22)
Scott Bean, who is pursuing his master’s degree in orchestral conducting at The Hartt School, was quoted in a Hartford Courant story about the versatility that orchestras must now have to appeal to a broader audience as well as the role that pop music has played in the orchestra. Bean says he would like to see music schools do more to prepare students for the Beatles’ “All You Need is Love” being as much a part of their future as Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7.
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 20)
Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced she is nominating veteran prosecutor and West Hartford resident John A. Danaher III to serve as the state’s commissioner of the Department of Public Safety. Danaher, who received his master’s degree in English from the University of Hartford in 1977, has been with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for 20 years and has been involved in some of the state’s most high- profile cases.
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 20; West Hartford News, Feb. 22)
A recording of the world premiere of a new work by Charles Norman Mason, “Prelude to Play: Mood Music for the City Council,” performed by the Miami String Quartet, The Hartt School’s quartet-in-residence, aired on the Feb. 19 broadcast of American Public Media’s program “Performance Today.” Commissioned by the Birmingham Chamber Music Society kin Alabama, the Birmingham-Southern College professor’s work was premiered in front of the Birmingham City Council on Feb. 6.
(American Public Media, Feb. 19)
Andre Dukales, a student at the University, was interviewed by WFSB-TV Channel 3 as part of its coverage of the impact of the Feb. 22 snowstorm. Dukales, who was interviewed while stopped at a local gas station, talked about travel conditions during the storm.
(WFSB-TV Channel 3, Feb. 22)
Composer Gwyneth Walker, an alumna of The Hartt School, returned to New Canaan, Conn., for a local celebration on Feb. 25, which First Selectman Jusy Neville declared as Gwyneth Walker Day. The Congregational Church of New Canaan honored Walker when the choirs performed five of her songs at the church’s worship services. Walker considers the Congregational Church the home of her music and her faith.
(New Canaan Advertiser, Feb. 20)
The Cantate Chamber Choir, under the direction of Stephan Barnicle, will be performing in honor of Women’s History Month on March 4 in Fayetteville, N.C. Barnicle, music director at Saint Patrick’s Catholic Church in Fayetteville and a Hartt School alum, noted the Cantate Chamber Choir will be performing songs for women, about women, and written for women, with most of the pieces composed by alumna Gywneth Walker. Barnicle says he feels the performance would not be complete without Walker’s work.
(Up & Coming Weekly, Feb. 21)
Sean Pallatroni, a first-year student at The Hartt School, wrote pieces for “Falling Into Place,” a musical performance by first-year musical theater majors at Carnegie Mellon. “Falling Into Place” addressed relationships and the struggle to figure out the metaphorical “next step” in life.
(The Tartan, Feb. 19)
President Walter Harrison was quoted in a story in The Hilltop, the student newspaper of Howard University, about restricting the age of college players entering the NBA. This rule, implemented by the league last year, states that players must be one year removed from high school to be eligible to declare for the draft. Harrison, who is the chairman of the NCAA’s Executive Committee, noted that recent studies show that student athletes perform better in the classroom than their non- athlete counterparts. “These studies provide strong evidence, however, that we are serving our student athletes well and also that intercollegiate athletics is part of a successful educational experience,” Harrison said.
(The Hilltop, Feb. 22)
Frank Cipolla, a former standout on the Hartford Hawks baseball team, was featured in a story in the Manchester Journal Inquirer for his help in coaching a young man from Ghana to the Connecticut state title in the high jump. Cipolla, who is now a special education teacher in East Hartford, recently became the indoor track coach at East Hartford High School. He bonded with Nick Frimpong, who is using his jumping ability to land a college scholarship offer.
(Manchester Journal Inquirer, Feb. 22)
Other News
Trinity College officials are reviewing safety procedures after three men crashed a weekend fraternity party where they allegedly threatened one student with a gun and stabbed another. Officials said the incident at the Sigma Nu fraternity at 128 Allen St., next to Trinity campus, was a rare occurrence at the college.
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 20)
On the Wesleyan University campus, which is known for its embrace of diversity, officials were shocked to find a death threat, along with racist and homophobic slurs, scrawled on a bathroom stall in a freshman residence hall. The comments provoked a quick response from President Doug Bennet. “The graffiti were clearly intended to threaten and intimidate a group of residents and, in one case, a single person,” Bennet wrote in an e-mail to the campus community shortly after the vandalism was discovered on Feb. 10. “Like other recent hate incidents, these events make the environment unsafe for targeted groups and thereby deny them their freedom.”
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 24)
Bernard LaFayette Jr., a leader in the civil rights movement and director of the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island, will accept the annual Thurgood Marshall Award from the Black Law Student Association at the Quinnipiac University School of Law. The award comes more than 40 years after LaFayette, 66, established himself as an influential leader in the struggle for equality, helping run and participating in the Freedom Rides and the Nashville and Selma movements, where he was attacked and beaten. He co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1960, and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. appointed him to lead the Poor Peoples’ Campaign in 1968.
(The Hartford Courant, Feb. 26)
Three University of Connecticut professors were recently named distinguished professors, which is UConn’s highest academic honor. Honored were Michael Neumann, a professor and head of the mathematics department; John Salamone, professor of psychology; and Sandra Weller, a professor and chair of molecular, microbial, and structural biology at the UConn Health Center in Farmington.
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 20)
Universities around the country are reporting increases in campus mental illness, at times creating a backlog of cases and weeks-long waits to see a therapist. No one is certain what's behind the phenomenon. Experts suggest that students today face greater pressures, taking on college loan debt to pay for rising tuition. Therapy is more socially acceptable, prompting more students to seek help. And students who once might not have attended college because of a mental illness are being diagnosed earlier, making it possible for them to go on to higher education. “The generation that's in college right now grew up with Prozac advertised on television,” said Alison Malmon, 25, executive director and founder of Active Minds on Campus, a grass-roots organization working to reduce the stigma of mental illness.
(Seattle Post Intelligence, Feb. 23)
Prosperous alumni helped make 2006 a record fundraising year for colleges and universities, which brought in an all-time high of $28 billion — a 9.4 percent jump from the year before. Nationally, donations from alumni rose 18.3 percent from 2005, according to new figures being released by the Council for Aid to Education. Alumni donations account for about 30 percent of giving to higher education.
(CNN.com, Feb. 22)
University of Hartford Provost Donna M. Randall was named the new president of Albion College in Albion, Mich., effective July 1. Randall has been the chief academic officer at Hartford for the past seven years and will be the first woman to head Albion, a private, liberal arts college. President Walter Harrison says the appointment “is, in part, a reflection of Donna’s many significant achievements…as provost here.” A number of media outlets in the Michigan area covered Randall’s appointment, as well as the Hartford Courant.
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 24; Lansing State Journal, Feb. 24; Jackson Citizen, Feb. 24; Battle Creek Enquirer, Feb. 24; and DetNews.com, Feb. 23)
Ethel Bacon, long-time archivist at the University, was profiled in the Hartford Courant as part of its coverage of the University’s 50th anniversary. The article highlighted Bacon, who has been with the University of Hartford since its beginning, as she reflected on the past triumphs and struggles of the institution. The University’s Founders’ Day celebration was also covered by local television stations.
( Hartford Courant, Feb. 21; WFSB-TV Channel 3, Feb. 21; Fox 61, Feb. 21)
The “Day in the Life” photo exhibit’s unveiling was previewed in the Hartford Courant. President Walter Harrison said, “The hundreds of University students -- along with faculty and staff -- who took part in this project did an amazing job capturing a ‘Day in the Life’ of this dynamic institution.” A photo from the unveiling, which featured University cheerleaders, was on the front page of the “Connecticut” section the next day.
(Hartford Courant, Feb., 20 and 21)
Darryl McMiller, associate professor of political science in Hillyer College, was quoted in a New York Times article about politicians from Connecticut and their ability to gain national exposure for a campaign for higher office. “You got a lot of money, and well connected people here,” McMiller said, adding that “If you look at the zip codes as to who makes contributions, the Gold Coast is way up there.”
(New York Times, Feb.25)
Amanda Pawlik, a senior majoring in English literature at the University, was a guest on WNPR’s “Where We Live” show for a discussion of the groundbreaking nature of The Vagina Monologues play by Eve Ensler. Pawlik was one of the directors of Dramatis Personae’s performance of the work this past weekend at the University.
(WNPR-FM, Feb. 22)
Scott Bean, who is pursuing his master’s degree in orchestral conducting at The Hartt School, was quoted in a Hartford Courant story about the versatility that orchestras must now have to appeal to a broader audience as well as the role that pop music has played in the orchestra. Bean says he would like to see music schools do more to prepare students for the Beatles’ “All You Need is Love” being as much a part of their future as Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7.
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 20)
Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced she is nominating veteran prosecutor and West Hartford resident John A. Danaher III to serve as the state’s commissioner of the Department of Public Safety. Danaher, who received his master’s degree in English from the University of Hartford in 1977, has been with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for 20 years and has been involved in some of the state’s most high- profile cases.
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 20; West Hartford News, Feb. 22)
A recording of the world premiere of a new work by Charles Norman Mason, “Prelude to Play: Mood Music for the City Council,” performed by the Miami String Quartet, The Hartt School’s quartet-in-residence, aired on the Feb. 19 broadcast of American Public Media’s program “Performance Today.” Commissioned by the Birmingham Chamber Music Society kin Alabama, the Birmingham-Southern College professor’s work was premiered in front of the Birmingham City Council on Feb. 6.
(American Public Media, Feb. 19)
Andre Dukales, a student at the University, was interviewed by WFSB-TV Channel 3 as part of its coverage of the impact of the Feb. 22 snowstorm. Dukales, who was interviewed while stopped at a local gas station, talked about travel conditions during the storm.
(WFSB-TV Channel 3, Feb. 22)
Composer Gwyneth Walker, an alumna of The Hartt School, returned to New Canaan, Conn., for a local celebration on Feb. 25, which First Selectman Jusy Neville declared as Gwyneth Walker Day. The Congregational Church of New Canaan honored Walker when the choirs performed five of her songs at the church’s worship services. Walker considers the Congregational Church the home of her music and her faith.
(New Canaan Advertiser, Feb. 20)
The Cantate Chamber Choir, under the direction of Stephan Barnicle, will be performing in honor of Women’s History Month on March 4 in Fayetteville, N.C. Barnicle, music director at Saint Patrick’s Catholic Church in Fayetteville and a Hartt School alum, noted the Cantate Chamber Choir will be performing songs for women, about women, and written for women, with most of the pieces composed by alumna Gywneth Walker. Barnicle says he feels the performance would not be complete without Walker’s work.
(Up & Coming Weekly, Feb. 21)
Sean Pallatroni, a first-year student at The Hartt School, wrote pieces for “Falling Into Place,” a musical performance by first-year musical theater majors at Carnegie Mellon. “Falling Into Place” addressed relationships and the struggle to figure out the metaphorical “next step” in life.
(The Tartan, Feb. 19)
President Walter Harrison was quoted in a story in The Hilltop, the student newspaper of Howard University, about restricting the age of college players entering the NBA. This rule, implemented by the league last year, states that players must be one year removed from high school to be eligible to declare for the draft. Harrison, who is the chairman of the NCAA’s Executive Committee, noted that recent studies show that student athletes perform better in the classroom than their non- athlete counterparts. “These studies provide strong evidence, however, that we are serving our student athletes well and also that intercollegiate athletics is part of a successful educational experience,” Harrison said.
(The Hilltop, Feb. 22)
Frank Cipolla, a former standout on the Hartford Hawks baseball team, was featured in a story in the Manchester Journal Inquirer for his help in coaching a young man from Ghana to the Connecticut state title in the high jump. Cipolla, who is now a special education teacher in East Hartford, recently became the indoor track coach at East Hartford High School. He bonded with Nick Frimpong, who is using his jumping ability to land a college scholarship offer.
(Manchester Journal Inquirer, Feb. 22)
Other News
Trinity College officials are reviewing safety procedures after three men crashed a weekend fraternity party where they allegedly threatened one student with a gun and stabbed another. Officials said the incident at the Sigma Nu fraternity at 128 Allen St., next to Trinity campus, was a rare occurrence at the college.
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 20)
On the Wesleyan University campus, which is known for its embrace of diversity, officials were shocked to find a death threat, along with racist and homophobic slurs, scrawled on a bathroom stall in a freshman residence hall. The comments provoked a quick response from President Doug Bennet. “The graffiti were clearly intended to threaten and intimidate a group of residents and, in one case, a single person,” Bennet wrote in an e-mail to the campus community shortly after the vandalism was discovered on Feb. 10. “Like other recent hate incidents, these events make the environment unsafe for targeted groups and thereby deny them their freedom.”
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 24)
Bernard LaFayette Jr., a leader in the civil rights movement and director of the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island, will accept the annual Thurgood Marshall Award from the Black Law Student Association at the Quinnipiac University School of Law. The award comes more than 40 years after LaFayette, 66, established himself as an influential leader in the struggle for equality, helping run and participating in the Freedom Rides and the Nashville and Selma movements, where he was attacked and beaten. He co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1960, and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. appointed him to lead the Poor Peoples’ Campaign in 1968.
(The Hartford Courant, Feb. 26)
Three University of Connecticut professors were recently named distinguished professors, which is UConn’s highest academic honor. Honored were Michael Neumann, a professor and head of the mathematics department; John Salamone, professor of psychology; and Sandra Weller, a professor and chair of molecular, microbial, and structural biology at the UConn Health Center in Farmington.
(Hartford Courant, Feb. 20)
Universities around the country are reporting increases in campus mental illness, at times creating a backlog of cases and weeks-long waits to see a therapist. No one is certain what's behind the phenomenon. Experts suggest that students today face greater pressures, taking on college loan debt to pay for rising tuition. Therapy is more socially acceptable, prompting more students to seek help. And students who once might not have attended college because of a mental illness are being diagnosed earlier, making it possible for them to go on to higher education. “The generation that's in college right now grew up with Prozac advertised on television,” said Alison Malmon, 25, executive director and founder of Active Minds on Campus, a grass-roots organization working to reduce the stigma of mental illness.
(Seattle Post Intelligence, Feb. 23)
Prosperous alumni helped make 2006 a record fundraising year for colleges and universities, which brought in an all-time high of $28 billion — a 9.4 percent jump from the year before. Nationally, donations from alumni rose 18.3 percent from 2005, according to new figures being released by the Council for Aid to Education. Alumni donations account for about 30 percent of giving to higher education.
(CNN.com, Feb. 22)
